10-second review: How does knowledge of phonemes affect learning to read? Inability to segment phonemes (i.e., unable to divide a word into its individual sounds) results in ineffective phoneme synthesis (i.e., unable to connect the sounds to form words).
Source: M Smith, et al. Reading Teacher (November 2004), 302. A publication of the International Reading Association (IRA).
Comment: Interesting definition of phonemes (sounds of letters) and readers’ need to be able to segment and synthesize them into words. RayS.
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